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graphing in its two-dimensional form graphene is thought to be the strongest of all known materials but translating that two-dimensional strength into useful three-dimensional materials has posed quite the challenge to researchers for decades but now a team of MIT engineers have successfully designed a new 3d material with 5 percent the density of steel and 10 times the strength making it one of the strongest lightweight materials known and by analyzing the materials behavior down to the level of individual atoms they were also able to produce a mathematical framework that can accurately predict experimental results to test their material the researchers printed 3d models made purely of commercial plastic and subjected them to various compression tests to see how much they get handles before the structure begins to crumble here we see two 3d gyroid models made from the same exact material their only difference is one is composed of thicker walls than the other one stress is applied we almost immediately noticed two very different reactions the model composed of thinner more flexible walls enabled it to fail gradually upon increasing deformation while the other with thicker stiffer walls is able to store much more deformation energy which has been released in a more severe explosion like manner ultimately their new findings show that the crucial aspect of the new 3d formed has more to do with their unusual geometrical configurations than with the material itself which suggests that similar strong lightweight materials could be made from a variety of materials with similar geometric features having the ability to tune the mechanics of a material by simply adjusting its geometry opens the door to a wide variety of practical applications including strong lightweight structural materials for airplanes cars buildings and other large scale applications because of their continuous chorus geometry and large surface area they can also have applications for filtration and energy storage maneuvering characteristics of that slide I have teamed up with of my colleagues at the University of Illinois urbana-champaign professors at Hutchinson and dr. Alvarez Alana Johnny we have created that sport B - a fully self-contained autonomic flying robot that we ignited to learn to mimic such morphological properties of bat wings we implement highly flexible silicon base membrane wings that are controlled at a reduced number of dominant wing joint to best match characteristics of that flight the continuous surface and elastic properties of bad skins are realized with a custom-made or to attain 56 microns membrane wings our backboard b2 has onboard computer and several sensors for performing autonomic flight control and navigation in its environment the brushless DC motor drives a crankshaft mechanism of sophisticated inertial measurement unit or IMU measures angular rate and acceleration data acquisition unique because sensor data and commence the micro actuators so we have five magnetic encoders located at the elbows hip joint and sure the joints to read the relative angle between the limbs with respect to the body each wing actuator which is composed of a planetary ear hat a standard wide and DC gear motor produces the required linear motion we have identified five dominant motions of the best light and implemented those into the design of b2 you know Enzo environment p2 robot has successfully performed sweet flights up to 30 meters the main wing of the b2 is supported by two independent wing boarding join b2 performs Tania maneuver by independently controlling the boarding motions of the left and the light beam b2k labs can be controlled independently shaft diving maneuvers performed by that when they pursue their play was reconstructed by moving the hind limbs or legs hi Kickstarter I'm John an industrial designer with over 20 years experience designing and developing products for industrial clients fabricating models and prototypes is a huge part of why I do what I'm using a laser cutter a TNC router or a 3d printer or all of it together but follow the methods and tools that I use just one I relied on heavily over the years and that's vacuum forming it's my so-called secret software companies making three-dimensional plastic parts the problem is though vac informers aren't exactly accessible the massive back to grade equipment that cost an arm and a leg and there aren't really any proper desktop versions of them either this is statutory the world's first digital desktop vacuform now everyone can shape and form plastic like a seasoned pro with vacuform smart efficient and easy to use features such as they exclusively design high performance hybrid vacuum system that delivers extremely detailed shape and part a computer-controlled heater and thermal probe the monitors of plastic temperature in real time and a built-in library of heating profiles for various materials so you're sure to get perfect results part after part after part just elect the correct profile from the menu press Start and wait for the vacuum to switch on once it's gone all you have to do is lower the handle bar and begin vacuforming with a vacuform you get a compact professional-grade vacuum former without a hefty price tag allowing you to finally get that full rolling on that business idea of yours or simply make things for your own personal enjoyment whatever those things might be whether it's one of designer toys plus I'm practicing for bespoke gadgets or one-of-a-kind art pieces buy back to my project I'll be able to produce the first batch of vacuform and put them in the hands of makers everywhere helping them bring their awesome ideas to life I'll also be able to do further research on new raw materials and develop vacuform software even more continuously expanding its library of heating profiles so vacuform actually gets better with time now that sounds like a pretty good investment of pink for more details feel free to look around my Kickstarter profile and make sure that this is vacuform official website and Facebook page sang now let's get ready to back I see smog and pollution every morning you can see it a building air pollution is talking about matter in the areas here in the front it's really hard I used to in the sheer scale of this issue can make a speed balance when you connect ideas passion and creativity amazing things are possible hi my name is Anita Sharma and I'm the co-founder of strategy labs we are MIT spin-off which works on building technology that can make a real was in fact we built this contraption that we connect behind the exhaust in the sales of the car after we're done capturing the raw carbon the soot we take it to a purification process and then we convert that air pollution into printing ink the same technology can be scaled to fit onto old chimneys and bacon and cream okay we've captured all these revolutions at this model and now you can print with this so is transforms air pollution into 150 litres of tiger area now it's time to pack our bags and take this technology over the lab and tested for the real was wouldn't this inks in the hands of people who are actually going to use it but in the mainland city I need to write about this place did you ever miss a flash of creative genius well it definitely not alone I need to bring Jessica here for blood this place I hope to share that with everybody we are building a first smart voice recording wearable depending and allows you to capture your thoughts with a quick motion nothing to distract me to stay focused on what really matters to you organize your notes with hashtags and integrate them with your favorite apps you can create voice memos list and send reminders to your column our device has some amazing features which he looks annoyed and taunted to our all AI system to noise patent identification take note and capture your greatest ideas with ease when you're out for a walk or run it works too fine just fine so don't worry about leaving your phone at home the full battery charge locks for about four days of average use system has futuristic design to make it memorable and 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